poor rates

English Thesaurus

1. a local tax for the relief of the poor (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	rates,
definition	:	a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) (noun.possession)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)